On Monday I posted about the fact that there were only 50 days remaining in this challenge. It is my goal to stay focused for the duration of these 50 days so that I have the best chance of meeting my weight goal for the end of the challenge.
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| I think it would also be super cool to see a loss every week for the last 8 weeks of the challenge. 2 weeks down...6 to go. |
I'm happy to report that days 1-5 were nearly perfect. My goal is to average a 750 calorie deficit per day. (Last post I said 700 calories/day deficit, but I decided in order to meet my week 16 goal I think I need to have it be a slightly higher calorie deficit). My average calorie deficit over the last 5 days was 864 so I am right where I want to be. I need my averages on Mon-Fri to be a little higher so I can have a little more freedom to eat more on the weekends. Today will be my first challenge since declaring my 50 day goals. I have given myself several Saturdays to eat without tracking. If not Saturday than usually Sunday (or Monday when Monday was my birthday). Basically, I've been giving myself at least 1 day per week to not track for the last several weeks.
This is the 3rd week in a row that I've lost weight so clearly what I'm doing is working; but the new goal now is to track for 50 days. For as many years as I have been tracking my food, I don't think I have EVER tracked 50 days in a row. I almost want to succeed in this challenge just to prove to myself that I can.
Ok, so like I said above, the goal is to average a 750 calorie deficit each day. To me that means that I can (and will) have days when that calorie deficit is less (or non-existent) and days where it is well over 750. For example, I didn't eat that much on Monday. I had actually given myself both Saturday AND Sunday last weekend so I was trying to get myself right back to it Monday. I also actually wasn't all that hungry. My calorie deficit Monday ended up being almost 1300 calories!
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| 3-20-18 vs. 3-20-19 |
All that being said, my goal will not be to be "perfect" every single day for these 50 days. My goal will be to track everything I eat no matter what and then try my best to get myself back on track if I have a super high calorie day. If I look at my calories on a weekly basis it's easy to figure out what my weekly calories need to be in order to obtain that 750 calorie/day deficit. The hard part will be actually sticking to that weekly calorie goal 😉
One last thing to share though. This has been an amazing week for me. I have felt more lean this week than I have felt in forever. On Wednesday I was feeling particularly good so I decided to try on some of the smaller clothes my sister had given me last year. After I put them on and took a pic to text her, I saw in my memories from last year that I had posted a pic on that same day because I was so proud of where I was at. I couldn't even believe the difference that I was seeing in these two pics. I really feel like these last 10 pounds have made such a difference that it makes me excited to see what kind of changes these next 10 pounds will bring! And every time I want to eat something for no reason I remind myself of this and it helps to keep me on track.
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